Jackson sophomore Chelsea Drum and senior Gabe Underwood both finished ahead of the pack to claim individual cross country titles for the Indians at the 49th annual Cape Central Tiger Invitational on Saturday.
Jackson finished first in the girls team standings. In addition to Drum's first-place time of 20 minutes, 6 seconds, the Indians had three other runners that placed in the top 10. Freshman Ana Compton finished in fifth place with a time of 21:23, junior Tayler Winick (21:38) finished seventh and sophomore Carli Knott (22:09) finished 10th.
Also placing in the top 10 individual results were Notre Dame freshman Katie Hanners, who finished third in 21:20, and junior Adilyn Mueller (21:34) who finished seventh. The Bulldogs did not fare well in the team standings due to only fielding one other runner, junior Amy Banda, who finished in 26th place.
Saxony Lutheran senior Breanne Etzold was the 35th runner to cross the finish line with a time of 24 minutes, 51 seconds to pace the Crusaders, who finished fifth in the overall standings.
Notre Dame finished first in the boys team standings. The Bulldogs had three runners in the top 10. Freshman Rudy McClellan finished in third place with a time of 17:11. Senior Jacob Meadors (17:36) finished fifth and junior Michael Peters (17:50) placed ninth.
Junior Jack Jeffers finished in sixth place with a time of 17:44 for Jackson, who finished third in the team standings, seven points behind Northwest of Cedar Hill.
BOYS
Team Standings -- 1. Notre Dame 45; 2. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 72; 3. Jackson 79; 4. Carbondale (Ill.) 83; 5. Marion (Ill.) 97; 6. Central 128; 7. Woodland 181; 8. Dexter 232
Individual Top 10
1. Gabe Underwood (Jackson) 16:56.82
2. Micah Cherry (Carbondale) 17:05.96
3. Rudy McClellan (Notre Dame) 17:11.97
4. Mitchell Rushing (Marion) 17:20.44
5. Jacob Meadors (Notre Dame) 17:36.56
6. Jack Jeffers (Jackson) 17:44.57
7. Austin Baker (Carbondale) 17:46.42
8. Brendon Smith (Northwest) 17:47.04
9. Riley Duncan (Central) 17:47.55
10. Michael Peters (Notre Dame) 17:50.99
Local Top Five
NOTRE DAME -- 3. Rudy McClellan (17:11.97); 5. Jacob Meadors (17:36.56); 10. Michael Peters (17:50.99); 13. Brock Kasten (18:14.41); 14. Tyler Pech (18:16.32)
JACKSON -- 1. Gabe Underwood (16:56.82); 6. Jack Jeffers (17:44.57); 20. Caleb Bess (18:36.39); 23. Calvin Lysell (18:48.37); 33. Charlie Townsend (19:09.69)
CENTRAL -- 9. Riley Duncan (17:47.55); 17. Logan Wright (18:20.74); 37. Dalton Buchanan (19:19.26); 39. Caleb Ambler (19:28.6); 42. Clayton Monia (19:40.84)
WOODLAND -- 16. Garret Reynolds (18:20.37); 46. Kyle Davis (20:11.93); 51. Evan Grindstaff (20:30.03); 59. Cortland Vawter (21:38.01); 60. Jimmy Champagne (21:57.41)
SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 24. Aron Koeler (18:48.87); 48. Taylor Richmond (20:16.58); 62. Jacob Yantis (22:20.74); 68. Zach Woodney (25:50.35)
OAK RIDGE -- 26. Jake LeGrand (18:56.81); 47. Jacob Seabaugh (20:15.99); 61. Chris Seyer (22:20.49)
ZALMA -- 29. Peyton Ford (19:01.08); 38. Alex Steinberg (19:25.18); 40. Jacob Steinberg (19:36.75); 67. Andrew Hovis (24:23.74)
SCOTT CITY -- 30. Jesse Perry (19:01.75)
KELLY -- 41. Robbie Harper (19:40.22); 44. Jerrod Lynn (19:59.57); 49. Trey Walker (20:19.47)
MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 52. Josh Wilfong (20:31.51); 53. Chris Bollinger (20:31.88); 57. Ryan Foltz (20:58.47); 64. Ben Davie (23:15.73)
ADVANCE -- 55. Matt Adams (20:45.80); 56. Richard Nixon III (20:52.54)
GIRLS
Team Standings -- 1. Jackson 21; 2. Carbondale (Ill.) 52; 3. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 71; 4. Marion (Ill.) 99; 5. Saxony Lutheran 134
Individual Top 10
1. Chelsea Drum (Jackson) 20:06.28
2. Hannah Cherry (Carbondale) 21:02.13
3. Katie Hanners (Notre Dame) 21:20.28)
4. McKenzie Elam (Oak Ridge) 21:23.51
5. Ana Compton (Jackson) 21:23.78
6. Adilyn Mueller (Notre Dame) 21:34.70
7. Tayler Winick (Jackson) 21:38.78
8. Kira Antonelli (Northwest) 21:42.16
9. Maddy McDonald (Central) 22:02.52
10. Carli Knott (Jackson) 22:09.33
Local Top Five
JACKSON -- 1. Chelsea Drum (20:06.28); 5. Ana Compton (21:23.78); 7. Tayler Winick (21:38.78); 10. Carli Knott (22:09.33); 12. Carlee Williamson (22:18.88)
SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 35. Breanne Etzold (24:51.35); 36. Grace Hanebrink (24:56.08); 38. Kristen Gruenwald (25:16.11); 44. Danielle Childers (26:52.39); 45. Katheran Wallhausen (27:34.02)
NOTRE DAME -- 3. Katie Hanners (21:20.28); 6. Adilyn Mueller (21:34.70); 26. Amy Banda (23:25.94)
OAK RIDGE -- 4. McKenzie Elam (21:23.51); 11. Lexi Wunderlich (22:13.29)
CENTRAL -- 9. Maddy McDonald (22:02.52); 17. Bridget Trepasso (22:42.07); 21. Haley White (22:51.66); 34. Aleksandra Aleksandro (24:40.68)
DELTA -- 20. Jamie Hodge (22:48.79)
WOODLAND -- 31. Bailey Jones (24:32.10); 43. Taylor Toombs (26:52.12); 48. Chandra Lincoln (29:06.24)
CHAFFEE -- 41. Holly Rutherford (26:14.50)
MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 49. Becky Mayfield (29:24.32)
ZALMA -- 52. Katelynn Wheetley (31:31.70)
Notre Dame 2, Hillsboro 0
Devin Ziegler and Tyler Allen scored the goals to give the Bulldogs the win on the road.
Goalkeeper Thomas Himmelberg had the shutout for Notre Dame (5-4).
JV -- Notre Dame won 9-0.
Central's Christian Retter, John Young, Reed Dickson and Ben Ferreri were the lone qualifiers in the 200 medley relay with a 24th-place time of 2:08.15 for the Tigers in the 37-team CoMo Invitational at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo.
"We had a great meet," Central coach Dayna Powell said. "The times and scores don't reflect it, but the competition was just intense. It really was a great meet."
Team Scores -- 1. Lee's Summit North 282; 2. Parkway West 251; 3. Blue Springs South 231; 4. Parkway Central 215; 5. Staley 193; 6. Park Hill South 126; 7. Kearney 120; 8. Webb City 106; 9. Parkway South 96; 10. Central (Springfield) 90; 11. Rock Bridge 87; 12. Liberty North 83; 13. St. Louis University 73; 14. Central (St. Joseph) 72; 15. Hannibal 57; 16. Lee's Summit West 52; 17. Raytown 38; 17. Staley 14; 18. De Smet Jesuit 29; 19. Glendale 25; 20. Warrensburg 23; 21. Winnetonka 21; 22. Logan-Rogersville 13; 23. Oak Park 12; 24. Muriel W. Battle 9; 25. David H. Hickman 7; 26. Raymore-Peculiar 6; 27. St. Pius X (Kansas City) 3; 28. Lee's Summit 2
Jackson wins two
Jackson dropped only one singles match in each of its meetings during a quad meet with Central, Mehlville and Oakville in the suburban St. Louis area.
The Indians defeated Oakville 8-1 and then triumphed over Mehlville 8-1 to improve to 6-6.
Jackson 8, Oakville 1
Singles: No. 1 -- Laina Marble (J) def. Kate Giles (O) 8-6 ; No. 2 -- Lucy Kunz (J) def. Rachel Kendrick (O) 8-4 ; No. 3 -- Julia Lincicum (J) def. Bailey Foster (O) 8-4 ; No. 4 -- Amelia Popp (J) def. Kaitlin Knecht (O) 8-0 ; No. 5 -- Claire Kidwell (J) def. Sophie Melm (O) 9-7 ; No. 6 -- Kaitlin Pike (O) def. Mikelle Culbreth (J) 8-3
Doubles: No. 1 -- Marble/Kunz (J) def. Giles/Kendrick (O) 8-4 ; No. 2 -- Lincicum/Popp (J) def. Foster/Knecht (O) 8-4; No. 3 -- Kelsey Ussery/Culberth (J) def. Melm/Pike (O) 8-4
JV -- Jackson won 2-1.
Jackson 8, Mehlville 1
Singles: No. 1 -- Sabina Okanovich (M) def. Laina Marble (J) 8-3 ; No. 2 -- Lucy Kunz (J) def. Andrea Luciac (M) 8-4; No. 3 -- Julia Lincicum (J) def. Taria Lowry (M) 8-2; No. 4 -- Amelia Popp (J) def. Evita Sabrecocip (M) 8-0; No. 5 -- Claire Kidwell (J) def. Adrianna Sutkowski (M) 8-1; No. 6 -- Mikelle Culberth (J) def. Gayle Smith (M) 8-0
Doubles: No. 1 -- Marble/Kunz (J) def. Okanovich/Luciac (M) 8-5 ; No. 2 -- Lincicum/Popp (J) def. Lowry/Tara Becker (M) 8-3 ; No. 3 -- Ksley Ussery/Culberth (J) def. Sabrecocip/Smith (M) 8-2
JV -- Mehlville won 2-1.
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